A kind of extrusion grade sisal fibers reinforced polypropylene compound material and preparation technology thereof
Technical field
The invention belongs to high-performance polymer field, be specifically related to a kind of extrusion grade sisal fibers reinforced polypropylene compound material and preparation technology thereof.
Background technology
In recent years, because global energy and environmental problem become increasingly conspicuous, the natural plant fibre adopting nature to enrich substitutes traditional fibre and strengthens the concern that polymer matrix composites are subject to people gradually, the concept of ecological composite material (eco-composites) is arisen at the historic moment, and natural fiber is hemp, flax, sisal hemp and ramie etc. mainly.Compared with conventional composite materials, the biodegradable and recycle of ecological composite material, environment compatibility and ecological in all there is comparative advantage.Wherein, sisal hemp has that density is little, specific tenacity and the advantage such as specific modulus is high, cheap, and price, less than the half of glass fibre, only has about 1/20 of carbon fiber, has great application prospect in preparation interior body trim matrix material.
About the research of sisal fibre-resin base composite material shows, at present, sisal fibers in use also comes with some shortcomings, such as, there is great amount of hydroxy group in sisal fibers, there is wetting ability, and most of polymkeric substance has hydrophobic nature, be unfavorable for the interfacial adhesion of fiber and resin matrix.Therefore, need when preparing matrix material first to carry out modification to fiber surface, to remove pectin, hemicellulose and some the low molecule impurity in fiber, thus the cohesiveness strengthened between itself and matrix and stability.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is strong in order to solve sisal fibers wetting ability, poor with the interface adhesion of the PP matrix of hydrophobic nature, thus causes the mechanical property of sisal fibers/polypropylene composite material lower, is unfavorable for the problems such as its application at auto industry field.Technical scheme of the present invention is the sisal fibers of the acrylic resin of 10 ~ 25g/10min, 10 ~ 30wt% containing the melting index of 60 ~ 90wt%, the coupling agent of 5 ~ 15wt%, the toughner of 5 ~ 15wt%, the oxidation inhibitor of 0 ~ 5wt%.
Coupling agent used in the present invention is γ-(2,3-glycidoxy) propyl group, the one in Trimethoxy silane and γ aminopropyltriethoxy silane.
Sisal fibers used in the present invention adopts supercritical CO
2method carries out the product after coupling agent treatment, and concrete implementation process is: poured in autoclave by a certain amount of coupling agent, more load weighted sisal fibers is put into the autoclave that coupling agent is housed, at supercritical CO
2under environment, coupling agent treatment is carried out to sisal fibers, then put into baking oven dry to constant weight namely obtain invent needed for sisal fibers.
The concrete steps preparing extrusion grade sisal fibers reinforced polypropylene compound material are as follows:
(1) according to formula, each component is weighed, the material except sisal fibers is put into high-speed mixer and mixes, and sisal fibers is adopted supercritical CO
2method is stand-by after carrying out coupling agent treatment;
(2) adopt twin screw extruder to prepare product of the present invention, each section of barrel temperature of twin screw extruder should control between 170 ~ 185 DEG C, screw slenderness ratio 24 ~ 36.
(3) mixed material is poured in the hopper of twin screw extruder, and the sisal fibers after process is joined in twin screw extruder by glass fiber opening, extrude through twin screw extruder, namely water-cooled, oven dry, the step such as pelletizing obtain granular extrusion grade sisal fibers reinforced polypropylene compound material.
Sisal fibers used by the present invention adopts novel process for treating surface, namely in the autoclave being full of coupling agent, adopts supercritical CO
2method carries out coupling agent treatment to sisal fibers.At supercritical CO
2under environment, coupling agent is by CO
2dissolve and absorb by the hole of sisal fibers, now, the hole of sisal fibers and surface all with coupling agent generation coupled reaction, meanwhile, in sisal fibers, original moisture, pectin and hemicellulose are again by the CO in system
2to dissolve and stripping thereupon, thus the water-absorbent of sisal fibers is reduced, improves the consistency of sisal fibers and resin.In addition, be present in coupling agent in sisal fibers and also can react formation cross-linked structure with matrix resin, make the consistency of the two better, improve the mechanical property of matrix material.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with specific embodiment, the present invention is described in further detail, but the present invention is not limited to following examples.
Embodiment:
(1) load weighted coupling agent is poured in autoclave, then sisal fibers is put into the autoclave that coupling agent is housed, treat in supercritical CO
2under environment, coupling agent treatment is carried out to sisal fibers;
(2) temperature of autoclave is set to 40 DEG C, pressure is set to 7.5MPa, after temperature and pressure all reaches set(ting)value, start timing, after reaching 3 hours, is taken out by sisal fibers, puts into baking oven and dries to constant weight in 80 DEG C, obtain through supercritical CO
2method carries out the sisal fibers 1# of coupling agent treatment;
(3) temperature of autoclave is set to 80 DEG C, pressure is set to 9MPa, after temperature and pressure all reaches set(ting)value, start timing, after reaching 5 hours, is taken out by sisal fibers, puts into baking oven and dries to constant weight in 80 DEG C, obtain through supercritical CO
2method carries out the sisal fibers 2# of coupling agent treatment;
(4) according to two group of formula as shown in table 1, each component is weighed, and put into high-speed mixer and mix;
(5) adopt twin screw extruder to prepare product of the present invention, each process section temperature of twin screw extruder is 170 DEG C, 175 DEG C, 175 DEG C, 175 DEG C, 175 DEG C, 180 DEG C, 180 DEG C, 185 DEG C, screw slenderness ratio 36.
(6) mixed material is poured in the hopper of twin screw extruder, and the sisal fibers after process is joined in twin screw extruder by glass fiber opening, extrude through twin screw extruder, namely water-cooled, oven dry, the step such as pelletizing obtain granular extrusion grade sisal fibers reinforced polypropylene compound material, concrete detected result is as shown in table 2.
The formula of table 1 extrusion grade sisal fibers reinforced polypropylene compound material
Material name |
Polypropylene |
Sisal fibers 1# |
Sisal fibers 2# |
Coupling agent |
Toughner |
Oxidation inhibitor |
Formula 1(parts by weight) |
70 |
30 |
|
6 |
50 |
5 |
Formula 2(parts by weight) |
70 |
|
30 |
6 |
50 |
5 |
Formula 3(parts by weight) |
80 |
10 |
|
8 |
50 |
5 |
Formula 4(parts by weight) |
80 |
|
10 |
8 |
50 |
5 |
The detected result of table 2 extrusion grade sisal fibers reinforced polypropylene compound material
Project |
Testing method |
Unit |
Formula 1 |
Formula 2 |
Formula 3 |
Formula 4 |
Simply supported beam unnotched impact strength |
ISO 179 |
KJ/m
2 |
57.8 is continuous |
59.3 is continuous |
48.1 is continuous |
49.5 is continuous |
Simply supported beam notched Izod impact strength |
ISO 179 |
KJ/m
2 |
18.5 is incomplete |
22.4 is incomplete |
20.9 is incomplete |
24.8 is incomplete |
Tensile strength |
ISO 527 |
MPa |
20.8 |
21.4 |
19.7 |
20.3 |
Flexural strength |
ISO 178 |
MPa |
30.1 |
34.5 |
31.7 |
32.9 |
Modulus in flexure |
ISO 178 |
MPa |
1102 |
1176 |
1031 |
1058 |
Density |
ISO 1183 |
g/cm
3 |
0.926 |
0.932 |
0.916 |
0.918 |